Presenter says next project will have to be ‘bigger and unbelievably ambitious’
Jeremy Clarkson says he has been planning for what comes after Clarkson’s Farm
Broadcaster and farmer Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he is thinking about his next project following series five of Clarkson’s Farm.
The former Top Gear presenter was teasing what could come next while giving a speech at the Royal Television Society’s London Convention yesterday (29 September).
Considering his broadcasting future he told the audience, it would have to be ‘unbelievably ambitious’ in order to win over new audiences.
Mr Clarkson, who has just picked up his second National Television Award for the Prime Video series, said the team was now contemplating what could top such a juggernaut of a show which has featured life on his Didly Squat farm since 2021.
‘Unbelievably ambitious’
Despite series six currently being in production, he revealed: “We are currently thinking about what we do after Clarkson’s Farm.
“It is going to have to be something bigger to stand out and protect us from this onslaught from underneath. It has to be unbelievably ambitious. Where people go, ‘What the f… are you doing? That is incredible’.”
The programme has followed Mr Clarkson as he has endeavoured to learn about farming, and has seen him open a farm shop and the spectacularly successful Farmers’ Dog pub near to his Diddly Squat site. The show’s popularity has also spawned a variety of products including the Hawkstone beer range and even a farmers’ choir who then went on to win ITV1’s Britain’s Got Talent.
Celebrity Traitors
This year saw the team, Mr Clarkson’s partner Lisa Hogan, farm manager Kaleb Cooper and adviser Charlie Ireland – now stars in their own right – also appear at two major farming events, FarmFest and Cereals, which was actually held on the Cotswolds arable farm.
Addressing what makes good TV, the Who Wants To Be a Millionaire frontman cited Celebrity Traitors as one of the standout shows of the past years. Could we be about to see him head to Scotland to join series three?
However, he also told those gathered at the King’s Place event that he feared for the future of some areas of traditional broadcasting staples – such as cooking and gardening – as that content can now all be delivered online.
One of his main worries, he admitted, was wondering how Gardeners’ World will survive without erstwhile presenter Monty Don who is due to bow out this year.
